How to Make, Fry and Flip a Pancake ,Pt 3

HOW TO MAKE, FRY AND FLIP A PANCAKE PART 3

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Pt 1
Ok , so to make , erm , a good pancake, first you got the oil in the pan already –there’s the pan, the oil in the pan, then you..put the heat on, obviously, shhh,then - we know that – shhh! – it’s too high! – you’re the camera person, you can’t talk,- erm , then you heat up the oil –and you get ready to drain the excess oil, can you show the people what’s happening here please, - you heat up the oil - that’s good olive oil , extra virgin ! – you’re not allowed to talk.. you’re the camera person ! – ok !- then you, once that’s hot enough, ..you drain that off, which is very important, because that means that you don’t have too much oil, – then you get yer mixture that you prepared and left to settle the day before, can we have a close –up please – yeh yeh yeh, we’ve got a close up –can you not speak please –sorry-

Pt 2
then you get that in there, then while it’s, then while it’s fizzing away, you gently twist it ‘round the edge, not too far ‘round the edge but just far enough,right?- yeh yeh yeh.. ahhh!- so that’s not too bad, so, just keep filming that, so .. yeh ,-there he is.. that’s him there, look look ! back to pancake ..ok- you’ll make people feel ill if you do that- will i ? – yeh – oh! - so you wait until that starts to erm.., you see that bit in the middle,it’s kinda white, and that bit’s kinda brownish, you want to wait till that whiteness has all gone, then you see the edge is starting to lift up slightly ?- yes, yes, - then go slightly brown? – yeh, hmm - that is what you need -

pt 3
then you start to jiggle it like this, you just start to give it a little.. a little jiggle, and see if it will start to come up off the pan - you don’t wanna .... look at the wrist action there- , you don’t want to do this too strong because if you do, then could take it off a bit too soon.. now once you see, that’s wiggling away, let me see.. you , I don’t want to lift that really , I’m just trying to get it off the pan.. i need to flick it to the right, now you see we’ve got movement that’s what you kinda want , now that we’ve got movement this is where you need to start to be a little bit bold, edge it towards the front of the pan and now, can you step back so I can catch this ?

Pt 4
now I’m gonna flip this, you’ve got to be confident, you’ve got to put everything into it, and you’ve got to drop with it as it comes down, because that helps you catch it at the right stage, so ok so i went up (with it) a little bit in order to catch it before it came down,
- that was wonderful- so that’s not too bad , ok just sort it out a little bit.. now yes I could have used a spatula, but that’s really not as much fun, - and it’s not as hot - and half the fun should be, i think flipping the pancake , erm yeh,
so this side of it should brown a lot quicker than the other, we’ll leave it there for a few seconds, erm, and ignore the size of the camera person in the background, - they can’t see me – can you see the pancake ?- yeh yeh yeh, they can see the pancake, they can hear it fizzing away nicely – right..
Pt 5
So, I don’t really need to flip this yet, but if you want to have some fun, why not? So it’s not quite as stiff as it could be which would make the flipping easier, but erm, that’s not too bad there, that’s a bit limp but i think we’ll go for that
So if we can Pan back, so back a bit, so lets just go for one, ok there’s one, lets go for a double,
I’m heating it up a little bit because that will help it move maybe, right lets go for a double, oh, that wasn’t brilliantly done, but it’s still intact, ok we’re about to go for a double then for a triple, ok, i don’t know how many that was, maybe that was a triple right there, .. how many points did I get for that on style? - 20, - 20 twenty out of six
Pt 6/6
Ok, now you see I brought it down, looking at it as it’s coming down and bending your knees and coming down with it helps you to catch it.
a lot of the mistakes that your rookie pancake – flipper will make is to just flip it and keep his pan at this level expecting it to flip down at the level at which the pan is. That’s never going to happen unless you’re Spiderman or another super-hero.
Oops , Ok that was just badly judged, but if you play around with that formula, soon you’ll be double – flipping, triple – flipping.. no problem! - and wearing it as a hat! Ok , end transmission!